MH4002 Architectural Lighting Syllabus:
MH4002 Architectural Lighting Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To inform about daylight and its use in buildings.
To give knowledge about electric lighting in interiors and urban lighting.
To give exposure to lighting research.
UNIT I DAYLIGHT
Daylight – properties and qualities. Effects of daylight on users and subjective impressions. Means of daylight in built environment. Types of Fenestrations. Issues in integrating daylight in low rise and high rise buildings. Principles of lighting design. Lighting concepts. Case studies from architects’ and lighting designers’ works. Examples – Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Kelly, Tadao Ando, Sir Norman Foster.
UNIT II DAYLIGHT INTEGRATION IN BUILDINGS
Exercises on optimisation of fenestration. Daylight design of a space or a building. Varied climatic context. Physical models / software. Conformity to Byelaws, standards.
UNIT III ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN INTERIORS
Sources of electric lighting. Luminaires- types and applications, design and optimisation. Energy efficient strategies. Integration of daylight and electric lighting using physical models / software.
UNIT IV URBAN LIGHTING
Elements of urban lighting. Street lighting, city lighting. Lighting the building exteriors: concepts, decorative and accent, etc. Issues in urban lighting – energy, light pollution, safety and security.
UNIT V LIGHTING RESEARCH
Introduction to lighting research, need and issues. Types of lighting research – qualitative, quantitative, empirical, case study methods. Review of research papers on lighting.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOME
CO1 Knowledge about lighting in buildings and urban spaces
CO2 Awareness of different types of lighting research
REFERENCES
1. Sandy Isenstadt, Margaret Maile Petty, Dietrich Neumann, ‘Cities of Light: Two Centuries of Urban Illumination’, 1st Edition, Routledge, New York, 2014.
2. Schulte-Römer, Nona, Dannemann, Etta and Meier, Josiane, ‘Light Pollution – A Global Discussion’, Leipzig: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, 2018.
3. Emily Dufner, VasilikiMalakasi, Simone Collon, Dan Lister, ‘Lighting in The Urban Age: Meaningful Design For Cities, People & Places’, ARUP.
4. Zumbotel, ‘The Lighting Handbook’, 6th Edition, 2018.
5. Megan Charnley, Tom Jarvis, ‘In the Shade: Lighting Local Urban Communities’, Research Project, Royal College of Art, London, 2012.
6. Bureau of Street Lighting, ‘Design Standards and Guidelines’, Department of Public Works, Los Angeles, 2007.
7. Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, ‘Rethinking Urban Lighting: Geographies of Artificial Lighting in Everyday Life’, PhD Thesis, 2016.
8. Stephen Atkins, Sohail Husain and Angele Storey, ‘The Influence of Street Lighting on Crime and Fear of Crime’, Crime Prevention Unit Paper No. 28, London, 1991.
9. SP 72: National Lighting Code 2010, Bureau of Indian Standards.